Show I PIERCE CITY DISTRICT I VKnl nit Exchange lina to Say of That DIg Camp In speaking of the big placer enterprise of the American Placer Jlinins company on Oro Fino creek in the Pierce City district the Wallace Miner has the fol lowing regarding that promising camp A word by tho way of description of the Pierce City district It is the oldest geld mining region in the west outside of California Thirtyfive years ago the first discoveries were made and within a year no less than 10000 miners were there But other discoveries of the yellow metal at Florence Bolt Basin Warrens and Airier and Last Chance gulches in llontana attracted the loving fold hunter hun-ter for in some of the last named camps there was more gold to the man per day to be taken out than about Pierce City The district however even In those early days when 510 to 120 a day was not considered very big money always held a good population |